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Meaning of word ether from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : The fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water. Was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies.

Synonyms : quintessence

Meaning : Any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom.

Meaning : A medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves.

Synonyms : aether

Meaning : A colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic.

Synonyms : diethyl ether, divinyl ether, ethoxyethane, ethyl ether, vinyl ether

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

dispose (verb)
Give, sell, or transfer to another.

ordnance store (noun)
Military supplies.

precursor (noun)
A substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction).

guff (noun)
Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements).

cockroach (noun)
Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects. Some are domestic pests.

telescope (verb)
Crush together or collapse.

with child (adjective)
In an advanced stage of pregnancy.

blow up (verb)
Cause to burst with a violent release of energy.

most (adjective)
(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number.